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(11) EP 2 491 992 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.07.2013 Bulletin 2013/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
29.08.2012 Bulletin 2012/35

(21) Application number: 12156243.3

(22) Date of filing: 20.02.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A63F 13/12(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 22.02.2011 JP 2011035403

(71) Applicant: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kaido, Kenji
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Nishina, Eiichi
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Hasekura, Tomohiro
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Konno, Shohei
    Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)

(74) Representative: Turner, James Arthur 
D Young & Co LLP 120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY
London EC1N 2DY (GB)

   


(54) Communication system, communication method, program, and information storage medium


(57) A position coordinate receiving section (80) obtains a position from a user terminal. A nearby user distributing section (94) provides information about a source user terminal to a recipient user terminal. The nearby user distributing section (94) controls whether or not to provide the information about the source user terminal to the recipient user terminal based on a position that is obtained from the recipient user terminal and a position obtained from the source user terminal. The position obtained from the source user terminal that is used in the control is a position outside an area set by a user of the source user terminal. Accordingly, a user is provided a way to prevent other users from knowing that the user is in a place specified by the user.







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